FM 55-50 Military Railroads And Military Railway Service, 1944-03-27 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. GENERAL Section I. Introduction. Purpose and scope 1 1 Military railways 2 1 Organization 3 2 Application 4 2 II. Tactical considerations. Methods of control 5 2 Employment 6 3 Location 7 3 Selection and exploitation 8 3 Alternate route 9 3 III. Technical considerations. Classification 10 5 Desirable physical characteristics 11 5 Undesirable physical characteristics 12 6 Facilities 13 6 Capacity 14 7 Train density 15 8 Speed of train movement 16 8 CHAPTER 2. RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION. Section I. Makeup and equipment of trains. Railway trains (type) 17 10 Assembly of rolling stock 18 12 Loading capacities 19 13 Transportation groupings 20 13 II. Control and Operation. Authority for travel 21 13 Duties of transportation corps 22 13 Duties of Military Railway Service 23 15 Regulating station (Regulating staff) 24 15 Regulating officers 25 15 Railhead 26 15 CHAPTER 3. RAILWAY OPERATION. Section I General. Operation 27 16 Distinctive characteristics 28 17 Supply 29 19 Relation to other arms and services 30 19 Armored trains 31 20 Forms, reports, and statistics 32 21 II. Organization, Responsibility 33 21 Units of the Military Railway Service 34 21 Personnel 35 32 III. Facilities. Use of existing facilities 36 32 Construction 37 34 Digitized by Google.

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Supersedes TM 5-400, Military and Inland Waterways, dated 30 November 1940 including C 1 dated 4 March 1942

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